Mon. 11/28 – The China Protests

All of the protests erupting in China have, not only a definite tech angle, but might have been triggered by those lockdowns at that Foxconn factory. BlockFi officially files for bankruptcy. Binance attempts to prove its reserves. How to message yourself on WhatsApp. And how Minecraft might have led to a major new breakthrough in AI. Sponsors: LetsTalkInTouch.com Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests (Washington Post) US Bans Huawei, ZTE Telecom Equipment on Data-Security Risk (Bloomberg) Crypto Lender BlockFi Filing for Bankruptcy and Conducting Major Layoffs as FTX Contagion Claims Another: Source (Decrypt) Binance releases proof-of-reserves system, starting with bitcoin (The Block) WhatsApp rolls out a feature that makes it easier to message yourself (WhatsApp) A bot that watched 70,000 hours of Minecraft could unlock AI’s next big thing (MIT Technology Review) Special Series Launch: The Promises And Perils Of A Decade Of AI Funding (Crunchbase News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices